Timber Harvest Clear Cutting

Clearcutting is the timber harvest method of cutting down most trees in a specific area. This method doesn’t pick and choose the healthiest or strongest trees to cut down. The pros are financial reasons (clearcutting advocates argue that the method is the most efficient for both harvesting and replanting trees,) and increased farmland. One con of clear cutting is that they look bad because until the newly planted trees are on a hillside, a clearcut is not appealing to the public. Another con is the habitat disturbance. Clearcutting alters the habitat where trees once stood, and forest wildlife is displaced into new areas.